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Entries from July 2004

XM, SIRIUS get analyst coverage

July 28th, 2004 · Comments Off

Radio-Satellite Radio

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Time Warner reports $777 million Q2 gain

July 28th, 2004 · Comments Off

Time Warner’s second quarter of 2004 might not have been as successful as the same period a year ago, but it exceeded expectations of analysts, who predicted around 15 cents/share profit. On Wednesday, the media conglomerate posted a $777 million profit, or 19 cents per share. In 2003, Time Warner had an exceptional […]

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Imus cookbook scammed recipes?

July 28th, 2004 · Comments Off

Radio-Talk Shows

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CNET software editor loses fight with cancer

July 28th, 2004 · Comments Off

On Tuesday, CNET posted an item about the passing of longtime journalist Karen Southwick. Southwick had been working as an executive editor for the site’s software coverage - including the Oracle/PeopleSoft battle that has been going on for some time now. According to the piece, she was “held in equally high regard […]

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More on Page One advertising

July 27th, 2004 · Comments Off

Newspapers-Advertising

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Cable ad sales key to Time Warner growth

July 27th, 2004 · Comments Off

Bloomberg’s Jonathan Berr writes Tuesday that the current speculation around Time Warner’s most recent quarterly results stand on one thing - advertising sales on its cable networks. According to Berr, ad rates on Time Warner’s TNT exceed those of competitors in a lot of cases, especially during episodes of “Law & Order” - where […]

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No network coverage of convention on Tuesday?

July 27th, 2004 · 1 Comment

Television-Network News

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Indy Star putting ads up front

July 26th, 2004 · 2 Comments

Newspapers-Advertising

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Could it be?

July 26th, 2004 · Comments Off

The Internet-Blogging

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NYTimes’ Weinraub retires from Hollywood post

July 26th, 2004 · Comments Off

Newspapers-General

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